[HOT] Tom Taylor passed away Dec. 24th, 2015 - Goodbye Tom

[Autre Planete]

Greetings!

Sorry to hear this.
May his soul R.I.P.
Best Regards
Autre

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 5:10 AM, Claire Halleux <claire.halleux at hotosm.org>
wrote:

> Tom joined the Training and LearnOSM WG at a time I needed a break.
> I saw soon that the TrWG was back on and that helped me to get -in a more
> relaxed way- the family time I was aspiring to, I'm really grateful for
> that.
>
> For each object traced in Kalemie, Kindu, Kitchanga or North Kivu (amongst
> many other places) and all the positive energy he brought to the working
> groups, together with the the DRC OSM community, we want to warmly thank
> him (and the people who were close to him). Just sorry to be doing so that
> late.
>
> This sad news reminds us that our community is full of wonderful people,
> whose we often know very little about (outside of their contributions to
> OSM).
>
> Peace,
>
> Claire
>
> Claire Halleux
> +243 81 611 6998 (Kinshasa, DRC)
> OpenStreetMap RDC
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
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> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Russell Deffner <
> russell.deffner at hotosm.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear HOT Community,
>>
>> I first interacted with Tom via this email list and our IRC channel
>> around the beginning of April when he jumped on the chance to help as we
>> were in the process of 're-launching' the Training Working Group and
>> specifically expressed interest in the development of LearnOSM. When we hit
>> a bit of a stumbling block in our schedules and the group was without a
>> chair for the first meeting we had attempted since the break for the HOT
>> Summit, Tom stepped right up to lead the group through the agenda and
>> quickly convinced me that the group was probably in better hands with Tom.
>> Ever since, he has been key to the continuous progress and recent
>> accomplishments of the TWG as well as many other contributions Tom has made
>> to HOT and OSM.
>>
>> As Suzan highlights, the best part of having Tom in our community was his
>> personal openness; even when the topic/times were tough there was always a
>> friendly and encouraging manner that I will remember most,
>>
>> In memory,
>> =Russ
>>
>> Russell Deffner
>> Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org
>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Suzan Reed [mailto:suzan at suzanreed.com]
>> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 12:02 PM
>> To: hot at openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: [HOT] Tom Taylor passed away Dec. 24th, 2015 - Goodbye Tom
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> Last night I learned our dear friend and tireless contributor Tom Taylor
>> passed away December 24th.
>>
>> Tom was the Chair of the LearnOSM Working Group where I met him. He was a
>> mentor to me as a newcomer to the group, and always so respectful. He
>> shared openly about his illness and treatments, and talked about his family
>> in a way that made me feel a real part of his life. He’d mentioned recently
>> he was learning to cook because his wife was ill, and made some light humor
>> about it that made me smile. He also said he was not well, more than
>> before. Tom was always so open about his illness but it’s always heart
>> wrenching when someone you care for is truly gone.
>>
>> Tom interacted with many of us in the HOT community. It would be a
>> fitting tribute to him if we all shared our memories and lauded his memory
>> with his many contributions to the humanitarian work we do through mapping.
>>
>> Tom caught my heart and my respect. I will miss him very much.
>>
>> Suzan Reed
>>
>>
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